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Re: C-p, C-b, C-f, and C-n... why?


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: C-p, C-b, C-f, and C-n... why?
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 23:04:50 +0200

> From: Mathias Dahl <brakjoller@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:59:21 +0100
> 
> >    There are several ways you can do this.  You can use the arrow keys,
> >    but it's more efficient to keep your hands in the standard position
> >    and use the commands C-p, C-b, C-f, and C-n.  These characters
> >    are equivalent to the four arrow keys, like this:
> 
> I think phrases like "but it's more efficient" is a bit dangerous. I'd
> rather want something like "but some feel it's more efficient". It all
> depends on the user, his keyboard, his habits etc.

I have yet to see a keyboard with arrow keys close to the rest of the
keys.  They are always somewhere on the fringes.  So, habits aside,
the distance to C-f is shorter than to the right arrow key, and that
is an objective fact.  Of course, people might prefer a less efficient
way, e.g., if they type so slowly that the additional time is
negligible.




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